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president obama, mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida where both candidates will play up their policy on immigration and trade jabs at comments each made in the past. brian mooar has details from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over video tapes. romney's obsessment -- still causing problems for his campaign. republicans are firing back. they are using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking of making government more efficient in a conference. >> how we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because i believe in redistribution. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot. >> he said some years ago something which we are hearing about today on the internet. he said he believes in redistribution. all right? >> do you want to talk about redist
president obama, mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida where both candidates will play up their policy on immigration and trade jabs at comments each made in the past. brian mooar has details from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over...
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and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus groups, he noted, he stuck with this very nuanced way of trying to figure out how to attack barack obama without alienating people who did vote for him. and i think that's right. if you bring this to debate, he'll have a hard time going after the president for that reason. >> well, alicia, there's something to that, because you notice he's been trying to come off a little more moderate in tone. watch this. >> now and then, the president says i'm the grandfather of obamacare. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. >> translator:
and these are people who largely voted for barack obama. and if you go out there and bash barack obama, you're going to make them feel like they did the wrong thing, and no one wants to feel like they were stupid. so they have -- so he says, if we ask people these voters particularly, if obama failed, they say no. if you ask them if they're disappointed in barack obama, they say, well, kinda, that he hasn't turned things around faster. so -- from his own perspective, and this is based on focus...
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obama has done a lot. especially with immigration. he's done this special executive order to keep dreamers here and defer the deportation if they were brought here through no fault of their own. it's interesting that mitt romney is agreeing with president obama. president obama would do something more permanent if he had the cooperation of congress. >> with 47 days to go, it really is important to see how this race is tightening up when it comes to the latino community. so many watching this feel they'll have such an important effect on how the election turns out. romney said earlier in the year he would go after 38% of the latino vote. unemployment vote among latinos is 10%. that's above the national average. do you think president obama is vulnerable there and that is a soft spot for him? >> i think, like i said, all of the policies affect minority communities disproportionately, african-americans and hispanics and women. so i think that -- is there a soft spot? people think latinos have -- that we only care about immigration. immig
obama has done a lot. especially with immigration. he's done this special executive order to keep dreamers here and defer the deportation if they were brought here through no fault of their own. it's interesting that mitt romney is agreeing with president obama. president obama would do something more permanent if he had the cooperation of congress. >> with 47 days to go, it really is important to see how this race is tightening up when it comes to the latino community. so many watching...
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ezra, what should the obama campaign do rhetorically? >> i think the question has always been there way try to make it specific, concrete. the question someone should get mitt romney to answer is why does he think that a single mother with two children who is working at wal-mart making maybe $25,000 a year, has taken a standard ducks in the earned income tax credit, why is she not taking responsibility for her life? what is she needs to do that would move her in range of motion's mind to somebody who is being helped by the government into work which is of course what the earned income tax credit and income tax credit were passed to help do. they work on the broad level of generalities and you get into individual cases and you think that doesn't describe anybody i know or the lived experiences of the americans that he's talking about and if he's got that wrong, then the policy that's flowing from it that he would make at president is wrong and that's really the ultimate issue here. >>> thank you for joining me about and if he's got that w
ezra, what should the obama campaign do rhetorically? >> i think the question has always been there way try to make it specific, concrete. the question someone should get mitt romney to answer is why does he think that a single mother with two children who is working at wal-mart making maybe $25,000 a year, has taken a standard ducks in the earned income tax credit, why is she not taking responsibility for her life? what is she needs to do that would move her in range of motion's mind to...
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in key swing states obama's been spending more than romney. mitt romney, as we know, received a big boost from super pacs and it's possible in coming years campaigns could look a lot more like those super pac spending machines. in a new atlantic article, james bennet look at foot soldiers fighting to eliminate all campaign financial restrictions and predict in a couple of years politicians will push to abolish contribution limits and allow candidates to accept and spend unlimited amounts from any source. his article is the cover story in the october issue of "the atlantic." james bennet joins us now from washington. how are you? >> good, thanks. thanks for having me on. >> thanks for being here. a fascinating article that people should check out. part of what you do is trace the longer history, not the past few years. outside spending has mounted. but go back to early 1900s, where you argue there was a real drum beat of incremental campaign finance reform from limiting what certain entities and unions and corporations could do to ultimately, a
in key swing states obama's been spending more than romney. mitt romney, as we know, received a big boost from super pacs and it's possible in coming years campaigns could look a lot more like those super pac spending machines. in a new atlantic article, james bennet look at foot soldiers fighting to eliminate all campaign financial restrictions and predict in a couple of years politicians will push to abolish contribution limits and allow candidates to accept and spend unlimited amounts from...
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and barack obama is laying that out. they're calling him names that don't stick because they have no basis in fact. >> there they go again. anyway, thank you, senator chuck schumer of new york. joining me is pulitzer prize writer, eugene robinson from "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. why are we hearing about a 14-year-old audiotape of an event held in public out in but steak and everyone hates it when their steak doe it o now because romney's in trouble. it's very clear, not just from the polling, from the reaction to the 47% speech that -- so whatever they got, i think they're going to pull out and use. >> this idea that obama's in trouble because he does believe in some redistribution. well, the medicare, with drugs, with prescription drugs, that's some redistribution. head start is some redistribution. paying policeman in a tough neighborhood to deal with the bad guys, that's some redistribution. every time a dollar is passed from one person to another, that's redistribution. what is he -- why is he
and barack obama is laying that out. they're calling him names that don't stick because they have no basis in fact. >> there they go again. anyway, thank you, senator chuck schumer of new york. joining me is pulitzer prize writer, eugene robinson from "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. why are we hearing about a 14-year-old audiotape of an event held in public out in but steak and everyone hates it when their steak doe it o now because romney's in trouble. it's...
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, president obama was calling him the grandfather of obama care. that was unlike anything we heard him say in the campaign that derived obama care and will repeal it gday one. the campaign insists we were joking and have it all wrong. >> you know, peter, i tend to think anything that happens less than seven weeks before people vote in a presidential election is not by accident and that candidates don't tend to joke about things like that. i want to ask one more thing about the psyche of the romney campaign, since you're down there with them. how do they balance what has clearly been a bad week, by any objective measure, and a bad couple weeks by any objective measure. acknowledging that with not dwelling in it, with not feeding more fuel to that fire with trying to move on, are they just ignoring the last week and just saying it starts today? >> reporter: it's a good question. remember before the 47% video came out on monday, the conversation that ed gillespie held was, we begin to reset now. we're on -- i'm not sure what number reset ultimately as
, president obama was calling him the grandfather of obama care. that was unlike anything we heard him say in the campaign that derived obama care and will repeal it gday one. the campaign insists we were joking and have it all wrong. >> you know, peter, i tend to think anything that happens less than seven weeks before people vote in a presidential election is not by accident and that candidates don't tend to joke about things like that. i want to ask one more thing about the psyche of...
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redistribution is as american as apple pie, and the idea they're trying to make obama out to be some kind of communist because of this is another pathetic last grasp of a campaign in trouble. >> john, this clip of the president is actually 96 seconds long in totality. he was speaking to a college of university students, i guess. how does that compare with 47 minutes of mr. romney speaking to his base at that fund-raising dinner? does one can sem out the other? >> i don't think it does. first of all, this was many years ago, but also it's been tried before, martin, in 2008 john mccain's whole campaign in the fall was about joe the plumber. it didn't work. so that's what indicates that there's some desperation here on mitt romney's part that they're going to this well again. it will muddy the waters. it's not clear that what i call 47-gate, the videotape, is necessarily going to be a game-changer that sews up the election for obama. that's not at all clear. it's possible that people do resent what romney basically calls moochers enough that they can squeeze some votes out of this -- >>
redistribution is as american as apple pie, and the idea they're trying to make obama out to be some kind of communist because of this is another pathetic last grasp of a campaign in trouble. >> john, this clip of the president is actually 96 seconds long in totality. he was speaking to a college of university students, i guess. how does that compare with 47 minutes of mr. romney speaking to his base at that fund-raising dinner? does one can sem out the other? >> i don't think it...
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obama's logo. the campaign hoping people will pay 35 bucks for their own personal copy. ♪ >> gretchen: the world knows her as jewel. the four-time grammy nominated singer song writer was one of the most amazing voices in the music industry. but for a little more than a year now, it's been another job that's been occupying her time. jewel has become a new mom and is the author of a noachian's book called "that's what i'd do." joining me now is singer song writer and author, jewel. great to see you. >> thank you. >> gretchen: so the book is "that's what i do." i guess you're getting into children's book because you are a new mom. >> yeah. i'm a mom and obsessed with being a mom. so i've been doing quite a few kids' projects. >> gretchen: it's interesting to hear a celebrity say i'm going to take a break from all that traveling and promoting albums and i really just want to focus on my child. that's what you've decided to do, right? >> yeah. i've been successful in my life and what's the point of ha
obama's logo. the campaign hoping people will pay 35 bucks for their own personal copy. ♪ >> gretchen: the world knows her as jewel. the four-time grammy nominated singer song writer was one of the most amazing voices in the music industry. but for a little more than a year now, it's been another job that's been occupying her time. jewel has become a new mom and is the author of a noachian's book called "that's what i'd do." joining me now is singer song writer and author,...
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that's something obama's bad, obama's bad. you've got to vote against obama and not giving the voters anything of himself. and the other night in that clip that we showed, it's been shown endlessly, the lack of optimism in governor romney's voice, in his behavior, i think affects a lot of people who might be inclined to vote for someone else other than obama. very negatively. >> that's a great point, mike. and again, we said it yesterday, if you look at -- and i'll say the names again. i know it drives people crazy on the left, but it's the truth. if you listen to what margaret thatcher said when she took control of the conservative party in '75, what ronald reagan said his entire life, they believe the conservative message helped the 100%. they believed that's how you got people out of the unemployment lines, how you got the working poor back to work with better jobs. and mitt romney just sounded so negative talking about the 47%, writing it off. forget the faux pas. i'm more concerned, as is daniel h heninger in "the wall st
that's something obama's bad, obama's bad. you've got to vote against obama and not giving the voters anything of himself. and the other night in that clip that we showed, it's been shown endlessly, the lack of optimism in governor romney's voice, in his behavior, i think affects a lot of people who might be inclined to vote for someone else other than obama. very negatively. >> that's a great point, mike. and again, we said it yesterday, if you look at -- and i'll say the names again. i...